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Patient-derived models of acquired resistance can identify effective drug combinations for cancer

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Crystal, Adam S., Shaw, Alice T., Sequist, Lecia V., Friboulet, Luc, Niederst, Matthew J., Lockerman, Elizabeth L., Frias, Rosa L., Gainor, Justin F. +18 more·2014·Science

Abstract

Targeted cancer therapies have produced substantial clinical responses, but most tumors develop resistance to these drugs. Here, we describe a pharmacogenomic platform that facilitates rapid discovery of drug combinations that can overcome resistance. We established cell culture models derived from biopsy samples of lung cancer patients whose disease had progressed while on treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitors and then subjected these cells to genetic analyses and a pharmacological screen. Multiple effective drug combinations were identified. For example, the combination of ALK and MAPK kinase (MEK) inhibitors was active in an ALK -positive resistant tumor that had developed a MAP2K1 activating mutation, and the combination of EGFR and fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitors was active in an EGFR mutant resistant cancer with a mutation in FGFR3 . Combined ALK and SRC (pp60c-src) inhibition was effective in several ALK-driven patient-derived models, a result not predicted by genetic analysis alone. With further refinements, this strategy could help direct therapeutic choices for individual patients.

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Crystal, A. S., Shaw, A. T., Sequist, L. V., Friboulet, L., Niederst, M. J., Lockerman, E. L., Frias, R. L., Gainor, J. F., Amzallag, A., Greninger, P., Lee, D., Kalsy, A., Gomez-Caraballo, M., Elamine, L., Howe, E., Hur, W., Lifshits, E., Robinson, H. E., Katayama, R., Faber, A. C., Awad, M. M., Ramaswamy, S., Mino-Kenudson, M., Iafrate, A. J., Benes, C. H., & Engelman, J. A.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Corresponding author
  • Benes, Cyril H.
  • Engelman, Jeffrey A.
Venue
Science
Published
2014-12-19
Volume
346
Issue
6216
Pages
1480-1486
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W1969391810
Cited by
708
References
35
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FWCI
66.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (086357, 102696)
  • National Institutes of Health (5u54hg006097-03)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25710015)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (1U54HG006097-01, U54-HG006097)
  • National Cancer Institute (P50CA090578, R01CA164273, R01CA137008)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
Keywords
acquired drug resistance, patient-derived tumor models, drug combination discovery, lung cancer, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, ALK inhibitors, MEK inhibitors, MAP2K1 mutation, FGFR3 mutation, Src kinase inhibition, pharmacogenomics, targeted cancer therapy
MeSH terms
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, DNA Mutational Analysis, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Enzyme Activation, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Mutation, Pyrimidines, Sulfones, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src), Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, MAP Kinase Kinase 1, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Patient-Specific Modeling, ErbB Receptors

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